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Henry George and the turning point of big government in America
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Posted on 09/17/2017 9:09:25 AM PDT by ProgressingAmerica

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1 posted on 09/17/2017 9:09:26 AM PDT by ProgressingAmerica
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To: nicollo; Kalam; IYAS9YAS; laplata; mvonfr; Southside_Chicago_Republican; celmak; SvenMagnussen; ...

Ping.....


2 posted on 09/17/2017 9:09:52 AM PDT by ProgressingAmerica (We cannot leave history to "the historians" anymore.)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

And of course Henry George was a proponent of the single tax.
A tax on unimproved land. His argument was that raw land was fixed in supply and a tax on land owners would be paid by them and not the purchaser. (incorrect on both counts)

As I recall he ran for mayor of New York City in 1886 and came in second. Teddy Roosevelt came in third.


3 posted on 09/17/2017 9:28:55 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: ProgressingAmerica

He’s not a socialist because he advocates what socialist advocate ... just locally rather than at the central government level?

Riiiiight.

Rauschenbusch is shoveling some serious BS there. And not a good sort of BS either....

Progressivism is simply bad. Even early on it was opposed to everything this country was actually founded to be and it has only gotten worse.

If only George had applied his talents to upholding the true private ownership of all property (real to intellectual) and all means of production and distribution rather than any form of corporate or communal ownership by mere entities (ESPECIALLY the government) then he might have done the world some good.


4 posted on 09/17/2017 9:29:19 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

All people do not have the same level of experience, education (not just school) and intellect.

Most people are in The Great Mean and spend their lives struggling to maximize their benefits using what skills they have.

But, what of The Outliers?

Specifically, those who have higher levels of experience, education and intellect.

What should they do?

How should they behave towards those who have lesser amounts of experience, education and intellect?

Should they seek to help them or to take advantage of them?


5 posted on 09/17/2017 9:31:28 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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Should they seek to help them or to take advantage of them?

Aye, that's the rub.

Freely elected politicians have no problem answering that question as they seek office; nor do they have a problem with the question after they are seduced by lobbyists.

6 posted on 09/17/2017 9:44:58 AM PDT by frog in a pot
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To: ProgressingAmerica
"I pointed out that Progressives do not (and I believe they cannot; they are impaired from doing so) distinguish between "Government" and "Society". For a progressive, society is government and government is society."

Is one correct in assuming that this statement also applies if one substitutes the word "village" for the words, "Government" and "Society"? If so, then Hillary has made her position on the offspring of citizens (offspring whom the "elites" of the system allow to be birthed) quite clear, hasn't she?

We might note that in her "world," some births are to be celebrated (such as those who are her grandchildren) and some are to be prevented at will.

7 posted on 09/17/2017 9:50:00 AM PDT by loveliberty2
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To: ProgressingAmerica

Progress and poverty is the only gift democrats know how to give.


8 posted on 09/17/2017 9:51:12 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: ProgressingAmerica
The Ten Planks of Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto
(and How Statists Implement Them)

  1. Abolition of private property rights (via high property taxes, restrictive zoning laws, "fair housing" edicts, environmental and "wetlands" regulations, UN Agenda 21, etc.)

  2. Institution of a heavily graduated income tax (by calling it "taxing the rich")

  3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance (through a confiscatory estate tax on "the rich")

  4. Confiscation of the property of enemies of the state (through lawless application of asset forfeiture and eminent domain)

  5. Centralization of credit into the hands of the state (Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, TARP, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, federal takeover of student loans, etc.)

  6. Centralization of the means of communication and transportation into the hands of the state (FCC, DOT, FEMA, NTSB, FAA, etc.).

  7. Consolidation and subjugation of all major industries to central government control (FDA, EPA, OSHA, ICC, HUD, NLRB, EEOC, DOE, TSA etc.)

  8. Mandatory labor union membership ("card check" to bypass employee consent, automatic withholding of union dues, forced unionization of health care workers, teachers, police, firefighters, etc.)

  9. Equitable redistribution of all wealth (TANF, SSI, EITC, SNAP, Community Reinvestment Act, etc.)

  10. Free public education (and food, housing, health care, cell phones, Internet access, etc.)

9 posted on 09/17/2017 9:56:24 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ( "If fascism ever comes to America, it will be called liberalism." --Ronald Reagan)
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To: blueunicorn6
Should they seek to help them or to take advantage of them?

That would be their decision, not yours.

10 posted on 09/17/2017 9:58:35 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ( "If fascism ever comes to America, it will be called liberalism." --Ronald Reagan)
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To: blueunicorn6

The business of a government is to lead and manage citizens.

A city government leads and manages the citizens of a city.

A national government leads and manages the citizens of a nation.

The first question to be asked of anyone seeking to be in a government is,

“Why do you want to lead and manage these citizens?”

And you cannot rely on the person to tell you the truth.

The biggest repositories of wealth are not banks but public treasuries.

Criminals seek their greatest Return On Investment (ROI).

They know their best ROI is stealing from the public treasuries.

Criminals will tell you that they want to help the government when they are in fact in government to steal.

And that is why the Democrat Party must be abolished.

It is a huge criminal organization dedicated to looting the public treasuries.


11 posted on 09/17/2017 10:03:25 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

You chose to not answer the question, but to comment on it.

That is a very superficial approach.


12 posted on 09/17/2017 10:17:03 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: blueunicorn6

I just find it interesting that people like you don’t even want it discussed. That’s the only thing that makes me believe there might be something to it. You act like BLM/Antifa at an Ann Coulter speech.


13 posted on 09/17/2017 10:20:22 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ( "If fascism ever comes to America, it will be called liberalism." --Ronald Reagan)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Don’t even want it discussed”

What would this “it” be?


14 posted on 09/17/2017 10:34:39 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: blueunicorn6
Criminals seek their greatest Return On Investment (ROI).

They know their best ROI is stealing from the public treasuries.

Modern day Willie Suttons become politicians -- "That's where the money is."

15 posted on 09/17/2017 10:42:03 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Thanks for posting this list of the “Ten Planks....”

GOAL > One world government under communism as developed by Marx.

OBJECTIVES > The “Ten Planks...”

ACTIVITIES > The items in the (...)

OTHER ACTIVITIES > Those developed at the FRANKFURT SCHOOL in Germany, 1925 to 1935, when closed down for fear of Hitler and moved to the United States.


16 posted on 09/17/2017 11:21:38 AM PDT by LaMudBug
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To: blueunicorn6

It’s called freedom.

Evidently you believe that people should answer to you.


17 posted on 09/17/2017 11:44:36 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ( "If fascism ever comes to America, it will be called liberalism." --Ronald Reagan)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

You have failed, E.

You are not one of the Outliers.


18 posted on 09/17/2017 11:58:51 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: blueunicorn6

You proved me right.


19 posted on 09/17/2017 12:01:10 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ( "If fascism ever comes to America, it will be called liberalism." --Ronald Reagan)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yes, you did.


20 posted on 09/17/2017 12:03:15 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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